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Marriages: Spring 60, A Journal of Archetype and Culture
The marriage rate in the United States rose to 9.1 marriages per thousand people in 1994 (according to statistics from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). That is a ten percent rise since 1990 in people getting married as opposed to those staying single. What is going on?According to the contributors to this volume, Spring Journal number 60, it is the gods who are pushing marriage again, even though marriage itself is more difficult than ever and the ususual psycho- and socio-babble makes it no easier.
As Ginette Paris writes: "The tension between genders escalates with unceasing loading and unloading of guilt on the other.... Many psychological approaches persist in relating all problems to the family, while consciousness, that psychological magical arrow, is described in terms of personal consciousness, as if the task of becoming conscious were the sole responsibility of individuals".
Paris, along with other leading archetypal psychologists such as James Hillman, Sheila Grimaldi-Craig, Rachel Pollack and others, take another look at the gods -- such as Hera -- who are behind marriage, and come up with some surprising and startling conclusions.
As Ginette Paris writes: "The tension between genders escalates with unceasing loading and unloading of guilt on the other.... Many psychological approaches persist in relating all problems to the family, while consciousness, that psychological magical arrow, is described in terms of personal consciousness, as if the task of becoming conscious were the sole responsibility of individuals".
Paris, along with other leading archetypal psychologists such as James Hillman, Sheila Grimaldi-Craig, Rachel Pollack and others, take another look at the gods -- such as Hera -- who are behind marriage, and come up with some surprising and startling conclusions.
142 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1997
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James Hillman
175 books582 followersJames Hillman (1926-2011) was an American psychologist. He served in the US Navy Hospital Corps from 1944 to 1946, after which he attended the Sorbonne in Paris, studying English Literature, and Trinity College, Dublin, graduating with a degree in mental and moral science in 1950.
In 1959, he received his PhD from the University of Zurich, as well as his analyst's diploma from the C.G. Jung Institute and founded a movement toward archetypal psychology, was then appointed as Director of Studies at the institute, a position he held until 1969.
In 1970, Hillman became editor of Spring Publications, a publishing company devoted to advancing Archetypal Psychology as well as publishing books on mythology, philosophy and art. His magnum opus, Re-visioning Psychology, was written in 1975 and nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Hillman then helped co-found the Dallas Institute for Humanities and Culture in 1978.
Retired into private practice, writing and traveling to lecture, until his death at his home in Connecticut on October 27, 2011 from bone cancer.
In 1959, he received his PhD from the University of Zurich, as well as his analyst's diploma from the C.G. Jung Institute and founded a movement toward archetypal psychology, was then appointed as Director of Studies at the institute, a position he held until 1969.
In 1970, Hillman became editor of Spring Publications, a publishing company devoted to advancing Archetypal Psychology as well as publishing books on mythology, philosophy and art. His magnum opus, Re-visioning Psychology, was written in 1975 and nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Hillman then helped co-found the Dallas Institute for Humanities and Culture in 1978.
Retired into private practice, writing and traveling to lecture, until his death at his home in Connecticut on October 27, 2011 from bone cancer.
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